LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE (LUCC) Sample Clauses

LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE (LUCC). Land cover is the biophysical conditions of the land, whereas land use is the intent to which land covers are managed (Xxxxxx, 2005). ”Land use in its functional dimension corresponds to the description of areas in terms of their socio-economic purpose: areas used for residential, industrial or commercial purposes, for farming or forestry, for recreational or conservation purposes, etc.” (EUROSTAT, 2000). It is closely related to Land cover, which is the directly observed (bio) physical condition of the surface: e.g. forests, fields, bare soil, rocks, buildings and lakes. Land cover can be mapped by remote sensing, whereas land use has to be identified by indirect methods such as interviews. Mapping land cover can be an intermediate step to map land use (Skidmore, 2005). Changes in land cover can be triggered by natural events and/or human activity. Changes in land use may lead to changes in land cover. In both land use and land cover, definitions and categories are constructed by its users and thus, vary depending on the institution, the research project or the country. We use definitions based on the EUROSTAT’s Concepts and Definitions Database (CODED), the Encyclopedia of Land-use and Land-cover change (2005) and the Encyclopedia of Soil Science (2005). In some cases instead of using either land cover or land use change we apply the term land change to cover both. Changes in land cover contribute to a series of major changes affecting the environment on different scales: greenhouse gas emissions, the earth’s heat balance (reflectivity) and the hydrologic cycle, including local and regional precipitation impacts. These change fragment ecosystems and watersheds and trigger biodiversity losses, soil erosion and sedimentation (Xxxxxx, 2005). Changes in land use, in turn, add to these effects not only by leading to land cover change but also by intensifying soil and air pollution, drawing down water stocks and causing other kinds of soil degradation. The massive impacts of land change on the environment and its contribution to environmental change put land change ahead on the research agenda. “Even though there is no doubt that land use has a significant effect on the probability of landslides, its influence is still discussed controversially in literature with respect to the various mountainous regions.” (Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, 2008)
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